Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 for the 1994 fishing year
Date: 1993-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: frozen product, guide price, packaging, sea fish

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

,af, 

COM(93) 547  final 

Brussels,  5 November  1993 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

fixing  the guide prices for the fishery products listed  in Annex 1(A), (D)  and (E) 
to Regulation  (EEC) No  3759/92  for the  1994 fishing year 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

fixing  the guide prices for the fishery  products listed  in Annex II 
to Regulation (EEC) No  3759/92  for the  1994 fishing  year 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

fixing  the Community  producer price for tuna intended for the industrial 
manufacture of products falling  within  CN code  1604 
for the  1994 fishing year 

(presented by the Commission) 

I 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The purpose  of this Regulation  is to  fix  for  1994 the guide  prices  for  the 

products listed  in Annex  1(A),  (D) and  (E) to Regulation  (EEC) No 3759/92 on 

the common organization of the market  in fishery products. Article 9 of that 

Regulation  lays down that  for each of these products a Community  production 

price  is  to  be  fixed  based  on  the  average  of  prices  recorded  for  a 

significant  proportion  of  Community  output  and  a  product  with  given 

commercial  characteristics  on  representative  wholesale  markets  or  in 

representative  ports  during  the  three  fishing  years  immediately  preceding 

the  year  for  which  the  price  is  fixed.  Account  is  also  to  be  taken  when 

fixing  these  prices  of  the  trend  in  production  and  demand  and  of  other 

criteria  relating  to  price  stabilization,  income  support  for  producers  and 

consumer interest. 

As  in  previous  years  the  point  of  departure  for  the  1994  price  fixing 

procedure  has  been  a  comparison  between  the  average  prices  recorded  during 

the  period  1991  to  1993  (1993:  first  six  months)  and  that  for  the  period 

1990  to  1992,  the  latter  having  served  as  the  basis  for  fixing  the  guide 

prices for 1993. 

It  can  be  said  that  the  crisis  in  the  fisheries  sector  is  affecting 

virtually all the markets  in fishery products. 

As  far  as  white  fish  species  are  concerned,  production  is  steadily 

declining,  accompanied  by  a very  substantial  short-term  and  long-term  fall 

in prices and a significant  increase in withdrawals. 

In the  light  of  this  price  trend,  the  Commission  proposes  that  the  prices 

for the various  species of white  fish be reduced  by between 2 and  9%,  apart 

i 

from  redfifeh,  picked  dogfish,  megrim,  hake  and  plaice,  for  which  the 
Commission recommends that the status quo be maintained. 

As par as pelagic  species  are concerned, the trends  seen  for white  fish are 

even  more  marked  in  terms  of  declining  production  (with  the  exception  of 

anchovies), prices and above all withdrawals. 

3 

Apart  from  the  marketing  problems,  in  the  case  of  sardines,  mackerel  and 

herring an excessive gap has developed between the average market prices and 

guide prices, which  prompts the Commission  to  recommend  price  cuts of  4 to 

7%. 

Among the species  included by the Act of Accession  in the Community  storage 

aid  scheme,  the  Commission  proposes  a  substantial  cut  in  the  price  for 

Norway  lobster without  head  (species  for which  the gap  between  the  average 

market price and the guide price has widened  substantially  in recent  years). 

For  the  new  species,  given  the  recent  price  fixing  (July  1993)  and  the 

absence of significant developments since then, the Commission proposes that 

the 1993 guide prices be maintained. 

It is therefore proposed that: 

- 

the guide price be reduced  for herring, cod, saithe and whiting  by 4%; 

Atlantic  and  Mediterranean  sardine  and  mackerel  by  7%;  large  spotted 

dogfish by 6%; haddock by 9%; Spanish mackerel by 5%; ling, ray's bream 

and whole Norway lobster by 2%; Norway  lobster without head by 10%. 

- 

the  guide  prices  applicable  in  1993  be  maintained  in  1994  for  picked 

dogfish,  redfish,  anchovies,  plaice,  hake,  shrimps,  megrim,  angler 

fish, edible crab, dab, flounder, longfinned tuna, cuttlefish  and sole. 

Proposal  for a 

fixing the guide prices for the fishery products listed  in Annex I, A>  m\  »„H ,pi 

to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92  for the  1994 

fishlg^ 

'  *"  < E) 

THE COUNCIL OF  THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having 

regard  to  the  Treaty 

establishing 

the  European  Economic 

community, 

Having 

regard 

to  Council  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

of  17  December 

1992 

on 

the 

common  organization 

of 

the  market 

in 

fishery 

products^), 

as 

amended 

by  Regulation 

(EEC)  No 

particular 

Article 

9  (3) 

thereof, 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  proposal 

from 

the 

Commission, 

and 
1891/93(2), 

aquaculture 

and 

in 

Whereas  Article 

9  (1)  and 

(2)  of  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

provides 

that 

a  guide 

price 

shall 

be 

fixed 

for 

each  of 

the  products 

listed 

in  Annex 

I 

(A), 

(D)  and 

(E)  of 

the  Regulation 

at  a  level 

which  will 

help  to 

stabilize 

market 

prices 

and  avoid 

the 

formation 

of 

surpluses 

in 

the  Community 

; 

whereas 

that 

level 

must 

also 

help 

support 

producers' 

income 

and  at 

the 

same 

time 

take  account 

of  consumers' 

interest 

; 

Whereas 

the  guide  price 

shall 

be  based 

on  the  average 

of  prices 

as 

defined 

in  Article 

9  (2)  of 

that  Regulation 

and  on  an  assessment 

of  production 

and 

demand  prospects 

; 

Whereas 

the  application 

of 

these 

criteria 

involves 

for 

the 

1994 

fishing 

year 

an  decrease 

for 

certain 

products 

and 

the 

stabilization 

of  prices 

for 

others 

compared  with  prices 

applicable 

during 

the  current 

fishing 

year 

; 

(1)  OJ N°  L  388,  31.12.1992, 
(2)  OJ  No  L  172,  15.07.1993, 

p. 
p. 

1. 
1. 

5" 

Whereas 

in  accordance 

with  Articles 

169  and  356  of 

the  Act  of  Accession, 

' 

ninth 

approximation 

of  guide  prices  must 

take  place 

on  1  January 

1994 

for 

Atlantic 

aardines 

of 

the  apeciea 

Sardine 

pilcbardus 

, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article 

1 

The  guide 

pricea 

for 

the 

fishing 

year 

from  1  January 

to  31  December 

1994 

for 

the  producta 

Hated 

in  Annex  I 

(A), 

(D)  and 

(E) 

to  Regulation 

(EEC) 

No  3759/92 

and 

the  commercial 

categoriea 

to  which 

they 

relate 

are 

fixed 

in 

the  Annex 

hereto. 

Article 

2 

Thia  Regulation 

ahall 

enter 

into 

force 

on 

the  aeventh 

day 

following 

its 

publication 

in 

the  Official 

Journal 

of 

the  European 

Communities. 

It  ahall 

apply 

from  1  January 

1994. 

Thia  Regulation 

ahall 

be  binding 

in 

ita 

entirety 

and  directly 

applicable 

in  all  Member 

Statea. 

Done  at 

Brussels, 

For 

the 

Council 

ANNEX 

Commercial  specifications (1) 

Species 

Freshness 
category 

Size 

Presentation 

1. Herrings of the species 

Extra, A 

Whole fish 

Clupea harengus 

Guide price 

(ECU/tonne) 

From  1 January  to 
31  July  1994 
and from  1 October  ) 243 
to 31 December  1994 ) 

) 
) 

From  1 August  to  ) 
30 September  1994  ) 173 

2. Sardines of the species 

Sardina pflchardus 
a) Atlantic  : 

- Member  States other than 

Spain and Portugal 

• Spain, Portugal 

b) Mediterranean 

3. Picked dogfish 

(Squalus acanthias) 

Extra 
Extra 
Extra 

Extra, A 

4. Catshanks  (Scyliorhinus spp.) 

Extra, A 

5. Redfish  (Sebastes spp.) 

6. Cod of the species Gadus 

morhua 

7. Coalfish  (Pollachius virens) 

8. Haddock  (Nelanogn 

aeglefinus) 

9. Whiting  (Nerlangius aerlangus) 

A 
or 
A 

A 
ou 
A 

A 
or 
A 

A 
or 
A 

Whole fish 
Whole fish 
Whole fish 

Whole fish 
Gutted  fish with head 

Whole fish 
Gutted  fish with head 

Whole fish 

Gutted  fish with head 

Gutted  fish with head 

Gutted  fish with head 

Gutted  fish with head 

Gutted  fish, with head 

Gutted  fish, with head 

Gutted  fish, with head 

Gutted  fish, with head 

2 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

2 

3 

10. Ling  (Molva spp.) 

Extra, A 

1. 2 

Gutted  fish, with head 

11. Mackerel  of the species 

Scomber  scombrus 

12. Mackerel  of the species 

Scomber  japonicus 

Extra 
or 
A 

Extra 
or 
A 

1 

2 

1 

2 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

Whole fish 

422 
404 
417 

877 

690 

931 

1 262 

645 

879 

780 

955 

240 

300 

£CU 

Commercial  specifications  (1) 

Species 

Freshness 
category 

Size 

Presentation 

Guide price 
(ECU/tonne) 

13. Anchovies  (Engraulis spp.) 

Extra 

14. Plaice 

(Pleuronectes platcssa) 

A 
or 
A 

2 

2 

3 

Whole fish 

959 

Gutted  fish, with head 

Gutted  fish, with head 

From  1 January 
to 30 April  1994 
From  1 May 
to 31 December  1994) 

) 
) 
)-j 

804 

106 

15. Hake of the species 

Merluccius mcrluccius 

1 

Gutted  fish with head 

16. Megrim  (Lapidorhombus spp.) 

Extra, A 

1. 2 

Whole fish,or gutted  fish 
with head 

17. Ray*s bream (Brama spp.) 

Extra, A 

1 

Whole  fish 

18. Monkfish  (Lophius spp.) 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

Whole, or gutted with head 

19. Shrimps of the species 

Crangon crangon 

20. Edible crab  (Cancer pagurus) 

21. Norway  lobster 

(Nephrops norvegicus) 

22. Dab 

(Limanda  Iimanda) 

23. Flounder 

(Platichthys  flesus) 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

Without  head 

1 

1 

Simply boiled  in water 

Whole 

E, A 

E, A 

Extra, A 

1. 2 

Whole 

2 

1 

Tails 

Gutted  fish with  head 

Extra, A 

1 

Gutted  fish with head 

24. Albacore or  longfinned tuna 

Extra, A 

(Thunnus alalunga) 

1 
1 

Whole  fish 
Gutted  fish with head 

25. Cuttlefish 

Extra, A 

1. 2 

Whole fish 

3  132 

1 959 

1 495 

2 179 

4 525 

1 667 

1 467 

4  259 

6  200 

760 

450 

1800 
2100 

1300 

(Sepia officinalis and 

Rossia macrosoma) 

26. Sole 

(Solea spp.) 

Extra, A 

2, 3 

Gutted  fish with head 

5000 

(1) The freshness categories, sizes 

and presentation are defined pursuant  to Article 2 of Regulation  (EEC) 

No 3759/92 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  3759/92  on  the  common  organization  of  the  market  in 

fishery products  lays down that  for each of the products  listed  in Annex  II 

thereto  a  guide  price  is  to  be  fixed,  based  on  the  average  of  prices 

recorded  for a significant proportion of Community output and a product with 

given  commercial  characteristics  on  representative  wholesale  markets  or  in 

representative  ports  during  the  three  fishing  years  immediately  preceding 

the year for which the price is fixed. 

It  can  be  seen  from  the  trend  in market  prices, on  the  one  hand,  and  the 

level  of  guide  prices  for  frozen  products,  on  the  other,  that  it  is 

advisable  to  maintain  the  guide  prices  at  their  current  level  during  the 

1994 fishing year  for octopus, lesser or Greenland  halibut, hake and Loligo 

patagonica. 

Prices  for  Illex,  on  the  other  hand,  fell  markedly  during  the  first  six 

months of  1993. Prices also  fell  for cuttlefish  and  sea bream, and  also for 

prawns of the species Parapenaeus longirostris. 

In the  light  of the  foregoing, the Commission  recommends  that  for the  1994 

fishing year the Community  guide prices be adjusted  to the  long-term  market 

trends,  i.e.  reduced  for  Illex  (-6%),  cuttlefish  and  sea  bream  (-3%)  and 

prawns 

of 

the 

species 

Parapenaeus 

longirostris 

(-2%). 

Proposal  for  a 
ÇQLINCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

fixing  the guide prices for  the fishery products  listed  in  Annex 11 
to Regulation  (EEC)  No 3759/92  for  the  1994 fishing  year 

THE COUNCIL OF  THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  Treaty 

establishing 

the  European  Economic 

Community, 

Having 

regard 

to  Council  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

of  17  December 

1992 

the 

on 
products(1), 

common  organization 

of 

the  market 

in 

fishery 

as 

amended 

by  Regulation 

(EEC)  No 

and 
1891/93(2), 

aquaculture 

and 

in 

particular 

Article 

9 

(3), 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  proposal 

from 

the 

Commission, 

Whereas  Article 

9  (1)  of  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

provides 

that 

a 

guide 

price 

shall 

be 

fixed 

annually 

for 

each 

of 

the 

products 

or 

groups 

of 

products 

listed 

in  Annex  II 

to 

that  Regulation 

; 

Whereas, 

according 

to 

the  data 

available 

at  present 

concerning 

prices 

for 

the  products 

in  question 

and 

the 

criteria 

laid 

down 

in  Article 

9 

(2),of 

that  Regulation, 

these 

prices 

should 

be  maintained 

and  decreased 

according 

to 

the  apeciea 

for 

the  1994  fishing 

year, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article 

1 

The  guide 

prices 

for 

the 

fishing 

year 

1  January 

to  31  December 

1994 

for 

the  products 

listed 

in  Annex 

II 

to  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

and 

the 

commercial 

categories 

to  which 

they 

relate 

are 

fixed 

in 

the  Annex 

hereto. 

(1)  OJ  No  L  388,  31.12.1992, 
(2)  OJ  No  L  172,  15.0"1.1993, 

p 
1 
p,  1 

••i Ac riArticle 

2 

Thia  Regulation 

ahall 

enter 

into 

force 

on  the  aeventh 

day  following 

its 

publication 

in 

the  Official 

Journal  of 

the  European  Communities. 

It  ahall  apply 

from  1  January  1994 

\ 

Thia  Regulation 

ahall  be  bxndxng 

in 

ita 

entirety 

and  directly 

applicable 

in  all  Member  Statea. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

Group of products 

Commercial specifications 

(SCU/tonn*) 

Guide price 

AP 

ANNEX 

1. Sea-bream  (Dentex dentex 

Frozen, in lots or  in original  packages containing  the same products 

and Pagellus spp.) 

2. Squid of the species Loiigo 

patagonica 

Frozen, not cleaned,  in original  packages containing  the same 
products 

3. Squid 

(Omawstrephes sagittatus) 

Frozen, not cleaned, in original  packages containing  the same, 
products 

4. Illex argentinus 

Frozen, not cleaned,  in original packages containing  the same 
products 

5. Cuttlefish of the species 
Sepia officinalis, lossia 
mscrosoma and Sepiola 
rondeletti 

Frozen, in original packages containing  the same products 

6. Octopus (Octopus spp.) 

Frozen, in original packages containing  the same products 

7. Lesser or Greenland halibut 

(Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) 

Frozen, in original packages containing  the same products 

8. Whole hake of the genus 

Merluccius spp. 

9. Fillets of hake of the genus 

Merluccius spp. 

10. - Prawns of the species 

Parapenaeus  longirostris 

Frozen, in original packages containing  the same products 

Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 

Frozen, in original packages containing the same products 

-  Other species of the family 

Penaeidae 

Frozen, in original packages containing  the same products 

1 294 

872 

798 

752 

1 541 

1 412 

1 500 

1 150 

1 450 

4 900 

6 500 

(-" 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  3759/92  on  the  common  organization  of  the  market  in 

fishery  products  lays  down  that  for  tuna  for  canning  a  Community  producer 

price  is to  be  fixed  on  the  basis of  the  average  of  prices  recorded  for a 

significant  proportion  of  Community  output  and  a product  with  well-defined 

commercial  characteristics  on  representative  wholesale  markets  or  in 

representative  ports  during  the  three  fishing  years  immediately  preceding 

the year for which the price is fixed. 

The trend  in the  average  Community  producer  price  recorded  during  the  last 

three  years  shows  a  very  significant  drop  in  prices,  confirmed  during  the 

first six months of 1993. 

The  Commission  therefore  proposes  that  for  the  1994  fishing  year  the 

Community producer price for tuna be reduced by  9%. 

Proposal  for  a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

fixing the  Community  producer  price for  tuna  intended  for  the  industrial 
manufacture  of  products falling  within  CN code  1604 
for  the  1994 fishing  year 

THE COUNCIL OF  THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having 

regard 

to 

the 

Treaty 

establishing 

the 

European 

Economic 

Community, 

Having 

regard 

to  Council  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

of  17  December 

1992 

on 

the 

common  organization 

of 

the  market 

products(*), 

as 

amended 

by  Regulation 

particular 

Article 

17  (3) 

thereof, 

in 

fishery 
and 
(EEC)  No  1891/93(2), 

aquaculture 

and 

in 

Having 

regard 

to 

the  proposal 

from 

the 

Commission, 

Whereas  Article 

17  (1 )  of  Regulation 

(EEC)  No  3759/92 

provides 

that  a 

Community 

producer 

price 

shall 

be 

fixed 

for 

tunas 

(of 

the 

genus 

Thunnua  ),  skipjack 

or 

stripe-bellied 

bonito 

[Euthynnus 

(Katauwonus) 

pelamia] 

and  other 

species 

of 

the 

genus  Euthynnus 

intended 

for 

the 

industrial 

manufacture 

of  products 

falling 

within  CN  code  1604 

; 

Whereas, 

on  the  basis 

of 

the  criteria 

laid 

down  in  Article 

17  (2)  of 

the 

abovementioned 

Regulation, 

the  price 

for 

the  1994  fishing 

year 

should 

be 

decreaaed, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION  : 

Article 

1 

The  Community 

producer 

price 

for 

the 

fishing 

year 

1  January 

to 

31 

December 

1994 

for 

tunas 

(of 

the 

genua  Thunnua), 

skipjack 

or 

stripe-

bellied 

bonito 

[Euthynnus 

(Katauwonus) 

pelamia] 

and  other 

species 

of 

the  genus  Euthynnus 

for 

the 

industrial 

manufacture 

of  products 

falling 

within 

CN  code  1604  and 

the  commercial 

category 

to  which 

it 

relates 

are 

hereby 

fixed 

as  follows 

: 

(1)  OJ  No  L  388,  31.12.1992, 
(2)  OJ  No  L  172,  15.07.1993, 

p.  1 
p.  1 

Product 

Commercial 

specifications 

Guide 

price 

Yellowfin 

tunas 

Whole,  weighing  more  than  10  kg 

(Thunnua  albacarea) 

each 

964 

(ECU/tonne) 

Article 

2 

Thia  Regulation 

ahall 

enter 

into 

force  on  the  aeventh  day  following 

ita 

publication 

in 

the  Official 

Journal  of 

the  European  Communitiea. 

It  ahall  apply 

from  1  January 

1994. 

Thia  Regulation 

ahall  be  binding 

In  Ita  entirety 

and  directly 

applicable 

in  all  Member 

States, 

Done  at  Bruaaela, 

For  the  Council 

^?4 

F I N A N C I AL 

S T A T E M E NT 

1. BUDGET HEADING  : 

Art. B1 -  261 

DATE  :  20.10-93 

APPROPRIATIONS 

2. TITLE  : Three proposals for Council Regulations fixing the guide prices for fishery products (Annex ! (A) end ((;) 

and (E) ; Annexe II to Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 and the producer price for tuna 

3. LEGAL BASIS : Articles 9 and 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 

4. AIMS OF PROJECT  : Annual fixing of prices in the fisheries sector 1994 

5. FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS 

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR 

FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL 

199 

199 

YEAR 1994 

5.0. EXPENDITURE 

- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 
(REfUNPG/INTERVENTION) 
- NATIONAL APMIN1STRATION 

• OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(ICVIC0/GU0TOH DUT ICC) 

- NATIONAL 

5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE 

32 mio Ecus 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

YEAR 

Measure restricted to the 1994 fishing year (16.10.93 - 15.10.94) 

5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION  :  Withdrawals, premiums : 11,0 mio Ecus 
15  mio Ecus 
0,50 mio Ecus 

Allowances tuna : 
Storage aid : 
Allowances sardines : 

5,50 mio Ecus 

6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 

6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 

6.2. IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY ? 

6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ? 

YES/*e-

YEC/NO 

•YES/NO 

YES/*» 

OBSERVATIONS  :  Since it is a matter of fixing prices, the impact on expenditure will be indirect.  The expenditure 

in question is heavily dependent on developments  in the market and the quantities  landed. 

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